Chapter 521 521. Cutting tea leaves and tea bricks
When they left, the seventh cousin pondered: "Tan Tan, is your mother still picking tea leaves in the mountains? Give her a call and show me a few tea branches when she comes back."
“Okay.”
Song Tan didn’t even ask the reason and sent the message directly. Only Zhang Yanping didn’t let go of any changes in the family and quickly asked: “Seventh cousin, why do you need the branches?”
The seventh cousin did not hide it: "I thought, if the tea leaves grow well, the old branches and old leaves must be fragrant as well. It would be a pity to just cut them and throw them into the ground or use them as firewood."
“Come back and try it first. If it tastes good, you can make it then—”
"I see!"
Zhang Yanping clapped his hands fiercely: "Is it right to make tea bricks or tea foam?"
The cheap tea bricks, or the crushed tea leaves in scented tea, are made by crushing and stamping old branches!
Seventh Cousin:…
He looked complicated, and then sighed: "Yan Ping, Tan Tan asked you to be responsible for selling things. You are really a professional counterpart."
“I just want to use dried tea sticks to smoke some duck and pork. You’re welcome. I also want to crush them to make tea bricks... Shen Wansan doesn’t even think about it!”
Zhang Yanping guessed wrong and did not feel embarrassed. Instead, he smiled openly and said: "I dare not compare you. He is the richest man after all. I am just an ordinary worker. My salary is still two thousand five thousand!" "
Even the food is great. Not to mention getting a salary, he wouldn't be willing to leave even if he wasn't given a salary.
And because eating is so satisfying, other material desires are reduced. With his current salary, apart from paying phone bills and game cash, there is absolutely no use for it...
If this continues, it will not be a dream to save 20,000 yuan by the end of the year!
The seventh cousin just made a few jokes. After saying this, he fell into deep thought: "But you are right, the tea is so good, the tea bricks made into tea powder should also be very fragrant... Let me study it."
Cousin Seventh has always been resolute in matters in the kitchen.
Wulan came back with a basket at half noon, and sure enough he pulled out a lot of tea branches, and a camellia the size of a quail egg had already bloomed on one branch.
The snow-white petals are slightly closed, revealing the pale yellow stamens inside, which is particularly fresh and attractive.
This surprised Qiao Qiao: "Mom, are the tea trees about to bear tea seeds? If they bear tea seeds this year, can I continue to pound tea oil?"
Pound tea oil—
Song Tan also fell into memories.
In her childhood, this was a skill that every child in the village knew.
Get a small wine cup and an unused pen, preferably with a lid. Peel the ripe tea seeds from the mountain, smash the milky white round fruits into the wine cup, and use the pen to keep pressing downwards...
Over time, the mashed tea fruit will turn into a dark brown translucent shape, with a layer of yellow tea oil precipitating on it.
When she was young, classmates in her class often compared each other like this, and even in class and after class they would keep typing with their pens...
After all, in the countryside at that time, there were not as many types of entertainment as there are today.
Unexpectedly, it was Qiaoqiao's turn. Since he had no playmates, he actually played with these things.
"Okay." For Qiao Qiao, the family has always been in a state of free-range food, and Ulan was even more cooperative this year: "You can buy a beautiful wine cup yourself, and then pound the tea oil and cook for everyone."
Qiaoqiao's eyes lit up instantly!
Pumping tea oil used to be just a recreational activity, but now tea oil can be used for cooking - he was instantly full of enthusiasm!
It can’t be said that there isn’t one—there are always one or two tea plants that are blooming or bearing fruit all over the mountains and plains. but…
"It's too hot now and it's easy to break. Let's wait until autumn and winter. You can choose a beautiful little cup for yourself first, and mom will give you money!" "Okay!" Qiao Qiao blinked - after all, his The money has been used for travel expenses!
He must study hard during this trip. Once he learns it, if he saves money, he can take his parents on a trip in the winter when he has no job!
The seventh cousin has already put the tea branches on the fire to smoke them - now the conditions are simple, he just puts the tea branches a little away from the flames, slowly smokes them, and then takes them out to smell the aroma -
“The taste is pretty good, but I don’t know how it tastes when smoked and paired with meat.”
Those who are skilled in craftsmanship can actually know what the combination tastes like just by smelling it briefly, but it is not absolutely accurate.
To be on the safe side, the seventh cousin decided - "Tantan, let's go back and kill two ducks."
The duck at home is half big and not small, so it is quite suitable for making roast duck.
Song Tan thought for a while: "Goodbye, our chickens and ducks are still young, and they must be delicious. When you mix the two, you can't tell which one is more prominent."
“I’ll go back to the market and buy an old duck so I can judge whether it tastes good or not.”
The seventh cousin thought about it and it made sense: "Okay, the smoked duck is better to choose the old duck, which is more chewy. When the time comes, I will smoke a dry duck for you as a snack."
Then he stretched out his hand to call Qiao Qiao over: "Go, get the big shears, cut these into small branches, cut them into small pieces, one centimeter or two centimeters will do, be careful not to hurt your hands."
"OK."
Without saying a word, Qiao Qiao took the scissors for cutting branches at home, holding the tea branches in one hand, and started cutting into the prepared small stainless steel basin.
Here, the seventh cousin asked again: "Ulan, who else raises chickens in the village? Go and ask if there are any eggs, and let's buy some."
“What Yan Ping said just now makes sense. Our tea smells very good. I want to try whether the old tea branches can cook tea eggs.”
After all, their tea leaves are too expensive, and no one is willing to use them to boil tea eggs.
Not to mention fresh tea leaves, Huang Pianzi’s seventh cousin wouldn’t part with it—after all, he drinks two cups a day!
"Okay." Ulan immediately picked up the small basket and said, "I'll go right away."
After all, the tea branches cut off in previous years were either given to factories that collected old tea branches, or were picked up as firewood by other old men and women in the village.
This thing can only ignite fire, but cannot be burned. Their family does not have enough labor, so they did not take care of it.
By coincidence, before Ulan even went out, his cell phone rang.
She answered the phone, and the loud voice on the other end could be heard throughout the yard:
“Ulan, a factory has come to the village to collect old tea branches. Do you want to prune yours? If you do, come and register as soon as possible! They say each of the first ten households will receive two boxes of beer!”
Ulan hesitated for a moment.
Zhang Yanping was curious: "This factory is quite good, and there are gifts for door-to-door purchases. How much does he pay for a pound of these old tea branches?"
Good night.
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(End of this chapter)